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Samuel Devasahayam

@MrADFS

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Group Program Mgr in the Identity division @ Microsoft. Run the Authentication & Device platform team which includes Azure AD, ADFS and Devices. Music lover.

Seattle
Joined June 2013
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Samuel Devasahayam
3 years
If you did not get to this, check out the link.
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Samuel Devasahayam
3 years
Hey folks! We just added a set of new features to help customers move their apps/authentication off ADFS (3P IDP) over to Azure AD & secure them better with Conditional Access! Check it out!
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Samuel Devasahayam
4 years
RT @shorinsean: Heads up, #ActiveDirectory #sysadmin's. This free utility evaluates your AD against 59 different IoEs, orders them by sever….
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Samuel Devasahayam
5 years
Howdy folks, we have released Microsoft Defender support to monitor and detect intrusions on #ADFS servers. We recommend close monitoring of your ADFS servers just like you would do for domain controllers.
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Samuel Devasahayam
5 years
We continue to make it simpler for you to manage authentication for your users with Azure AD! Also get to password-less as quickly as you can!.
@Alex_A_Simons
Alex Simons
5 years
Today's news: We've made it even easier to manage user authentication methods in Azure AD (including improved API's!)
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Samuel Devasahayam
5 years
After the craziness of the last 7 days politically in the US (including debates) all I can say is #RegisterToVote #Vote #VoteEarly!!! Make your voice heard & count(ed)!.
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Samuel Devasahayam
5 years
This is a pretty cool article that shows the power of customization that you can achieve with #ADFS. Check it out! We are working on extending #AzureAD as well with similar capabilities!.
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Samuel Devasahayam
5 years
RT @satyanadella: There is no place for hate and racism in our society. Empathy and shared understanding are a start, but we must do more.….
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Samuel Devasahayam
5 years
RT @Alex_A_Simons: Loving the new brady bunch views in Microsoft Teams. Makes this high powered crew even more fun/effective! https://t.co/….
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Samuel Devasahayam
5 years
Howdy folks! If you did not know this already, the #AzureAD team has put an amazing set of videos on youtube for you to understand different features and its architecture. Check it out!.
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Samuel Devasahayam
6 years
Make your Windows #Azure VMs more secure with #AzureAD integration!.
@Alex_A_Simons
Alex Simons
6 years
Many of you are going to love this: Public preview of #AzureAD support for Windows VM's in Azure is live. Greatly simplifies securing your IaaS deployments!
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@MrADFS
Samuel Devasahayam
6 years
RT @Alex_T_Weinert: A wonderful warmup to @joe_dadzie and my security and compliance talk at 10 ;)
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Samuel Devasahayam
6 years
RT @Alex_A_Simons: If you are coming to my 9am talk this, best to come early! >4K people have signed up but room only holds 1500! Overflow….
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@MrADFS
Samuel Devasahayam
6 years
So much cool stuff being announced this week!!! I’m also at #Ignite2019 . Drop me a line if you’d like to chat!!!.
@Alex_A_Simons
Alex Simons
6 years
Update from Ignite: We're announcing SO many amazing enhancements to Azure AD. I need a cheat sheet to keep track of them all!
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@MrADFS
Samuel Devasahayam
6 years
This is sweet! Improves security for your native client applications. Thanks Rory! We'll be adding MSAL samples against ADFS 2019 pretty soon which uses this and makes it even more simpler to code against!.
@rbrayb
Rory Braybrook
6 years
Just published "Using Proof Key for Code Exchange (PKCE) in ADFS for Windows Server 2019" - @MrADFS -
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@MrADFS
Samuel Devasahayam
6 years
Password attacks are on the rise. Ensure that you are adequately protected. See for a comprehensive guide!.
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learn.microsoft.com
This document describes how to protect AD FS users from password attacks
@deepthoughts10
Brian Clark
6 years
Do you use Microsoft ADFS? If so, configure an Extranet Smart Lockout policy
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Samuel Devasahayam
6 years
RT @tuna_gezer: The value of Azure AD Connect Health 🤩😍 Issue #vulnerability identified and remediated! Go #AzureAD @Alex_A_Simons #rocknro….
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Samuel Devasahayam
6 years
RT @byteben: Seriously consider disabling "/adfs/services/trust/2005/windowstransport" . & "/adfs/services/trust/13/windowstransport" endpo….
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learn.microsoft.com
Best practices for the secure planning and deployment of Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) and Web Application Proxy.
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Samuel Devasahayam
6 years
RT @rbrayb: Just published "Implementing a client credential flow in ADFS 4.0" -
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I needed to do this recently and I couldn’t find a sample anywhere so wrote this up.
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Samuel Devasahayam
6 years
Wondered what a PRT (Primary Refresh Token) was when you work on Win10 scenarios? Well, we now have an awesome doc from Ravi that explains this. Happy reading! #AzureAD #Win10
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Learn the role and management of Primary Refresh Token (PRT) in Microsoft Entra ID.
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